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that depends on how the education system works. in education we have something called the step in flames so you get paid according to what kind of a degree you have and how long you have been in the profession and literally drives effective, highly effective teachers crazy when they see somebody downhaul who comes in and the kids leave and meanwhile they are coming into hours early and staying three hours later and they are producing results yet they get paid less than that person because that person has been here longer. it's not the kind of environment that the achievers want to go into and stay in and it doesn't make teachers feel valued at all. i got in a little bit of trouble the other night because i was giving a speech in california. and i was lamenting the fact that the teachers don't get paid enough to it i said think about this. i said basketball players. now, why my husband is a former nba player. this is why i got in trouble at home to it i said basketball players get paid $12 million a year for troubling of all -- drib
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and what they need education. so i guess going back to that quote, i don't know that it necessarily changes policy or necessarily should change policy. i just hope it makes the understanding and think about each other a little bit differently. >> our you doing? thank you very much for coming as begin tonight. speaking on two topics that are particularly of interest to me, education and the city of new orleans, which i love. one test to a quick question to summarize this ." maybe you can tell me how the three schools that you spend some time and kind of relate to this and if you see this going forward as an ideal. the notion that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories. critics of other people's ideas to analyze the evidence, and makers of their own personal marks on this complex world. an idea with revolutionary indications. >> that's a great quote. i mean, i think that really that critical thinking and original thought and sort of the ability to study and learn about what interests you an
and what they need education. so i guess going back to that quote, i don't know that it necessarily changes policy or necessarily should change policy. i just hope it makes the understanding and think about each other a little bit differently. >> our you doing? thank you very much for coming as begin tonight. speaking on two topics that are particularly of interest to me, education and the city of new orleans, which i love. one test to a quick question to summarize this ." maybe you...
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and the second major realization is too much of the debate about education and education reform frames and ideological rather than sociological terms. most parents and educators don't spend time debating whether carl -- charter schools are good or bad or americans are bad or whether teachers unions are good or bad. what they care about our their relationships and experiences kids are having in the schools and whether there's a common set of aspirations and goals and shared vision around education could or should not be. and the future of the school building. and the dominant white parents oppose the charter network. and many of these parents were decrying kids's long days and emphasis on test preparation and lack of diversity and i went to another meeting with mostly african-american parents where they were talking about what they liked about the approach and how these more privileged white parents were trying to take something away that they valued and i feel like at its core this disconnect was about sociology and different beliefs and understanding that the ideals surrounding all of
and the second major realization is too much of the debate about education and education reform frames and ideological rather than sociological terms. most parents and educators don't spend time debating whether carl -- charter schools are good or bad or americans are bad or whether teachers unions are good or bad. what they care about our their relationships and experiences kids are having in the schools and whether there's a common set of aspirations and goals and shared vision around...
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of benjamin frank and educating himself and one of the leading rulings was not the code. he wrote on the margins of the ruling all kinds of sarcastic comments against the old british system of government, which he decided that if this is legal, then it should it really didn't support liberty. his solution was that regular sailors could be impressed, that judges should be impressed, british naval officers and even mccain himself should be liable to impressment. that was franklin's solution. almost at the exact same time, george the third wizardry in the same legal decision and came up with a completely opposite conclusion. he decided he was perfectly legal, but the king should command the service of his subjects when he needed them. this is the case of the difference in the style and substance as well, where writing the margins of the ruling and making his own solution, george the third diligently had recorded the legal ruling in his own hand line by line by line. he reached the conclusion he was happy with. there's a lot of lessons we can take from the issue of impressmen
of benjamin frank and educating himself and one of the leading rulings was not the code. he wrote on the margins of the ruling all kinds of sarcastic comments against the old british system of government, which he decided that if this is legal, then it should it really didn't support liberty. his solution was that regular sailors could be impressed, that judges should be impressed, british naval officers and even mccain himself should be liable to impressment. that was franklin's solution....
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our schools have not had a focus on restoring civic education to education and that should be part of any immigration strategy. [applause] we need to do these two things. an economically driven education strategy and a patriotic energy strategy and my guess is we are getting close to the 2% incremental growth that creates a rebirth of our country. the way to sustain it is to ensure that every child gets the kind of education that allows them to be successful in pursuit of their own dreams. sadly the greatest country on the face of this earth has more or less the following after spending more per student than any country in the world the third of our kids are college and/or career ready by the time they complete their journey through 12th grade. and third get a piece of paper that says you are a high school graduate that if they go to community college or a four year university they will have to take remedial courses. they will have to did free doing wishon math. in effect they had to redo what they didn't quite learn the first time. and a third more or less depending on the state of d
our schools have not had a focus on restoring civic education to education and that should be part of any immigration strategy. [applause] we need to do these two things. an economically driven education strategy and a patriotic energy strategy and my guess is we are getting close to the 2% incremental growth that creates a rebirth of our country. the way to sustain it is to ensure that every child gets the kind of education that allows them to be successful in pursuit of their own dreams....
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but also, educated women, something like 40 percent of educated as operational when have children not to have children by the age of 40. which is pretty dramatic. but we have attachment parenting which came up in the last decade . when were encouraged to really be very, very close to their children for a least the first five years. and interestingly, studies that have been done about women who, once they were educated to the idea that if you really drop out, if you go off ramp, if you go off ramp in your job in the 30's, five years, have children and be home with them, you will get back on where you left off and you will pay in all kinds of ways, seniority, position, pension. women are still choosing to do that. the majority of women are still choosing a nonlinear path and taking some time out. the great encouragement is there stay connected in some way and were becoming an entrepreneur or you can work from home, which is really -- >> about everybody has the skill set. >> that's true. that's true. >> i think we may have forgotten that after the feminine mystique was published we have
but also, educated women, something like 40 percent of educated as operational when have children not to have children by the age of 40. which is pretty dramatic. but we have attachment parenting which came up in the last decade . when were encouraged to really be very, very close to their children for a least the first five years. and interestingly, studies that have been done about women who, once they were educated to the idea that if you really drop out, if you go off ramp, if you go off...
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some of that is about generally people but have more education, ph.d. tend to be more than others. there is also something about -- most of us have decided that money is probably not the most important thing for us because we would be out doing all sorts of other things. that said, whenever our perspectives are, whenever our ideologies are you will find conservative republicans in the institution as well as liberals. if we are doing our jobs right or students don't know our ideologies and also says in the book the best compliment i got from a student as the one that has no idea what my idea what she was until she can to babysit one night and saw my wife's bumper sticker on her car because what you for the good professor does is take his or herself out of that conversation with a student. it's not about us. it's about them. and again, our job is to challenge them to be critical consumers of information. >> host: does college professor tenure -- >> host: i think that helps the faculty to be successful and if we are successful, they will be more successful. this bares the question wha
some of that is about generally people but have more education, ph.d. tend to be more than others. there is also something about -- most of us have decided that money is probably not the most important thing for us because we would be out doing all sorts of other things. that said, whenever our perspectives are, whenever our ideologies are you will find conservative republicans in the institution as well as liberals. if we are doing our jobs right or students don't know our ideologies and also...
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state and local government duties three things education health care and public safety all vital and these are areas that have been cut. it's also true that state and local governments are the biggest single source of jobs and the whole economy collectively. so if you are going to keep cutting state and local government of course you're not going to get out of the jobs crisis. so we need to support them. we need to invest in traditional infrastructure and i'm going to focus on this a little bit more. we need to focus on the green economy and building up the green economy. in the short-term it creates a lot of jobs and the long-term it addresses the climate crisis. so let me talk a little bit more about that. in terms of the short-term policy, i will mention one other short-term issue which is the federal reserve, that controls the short-term interest rates have have been running what they call a zero interest rate policy now for four years. that is the interest rate at which banks borrow is zero. they get free money and they get as much as they want for free. on top of that actually
state and local government duties three things education health care and public safety all vital and these are areas that have been cut. it's also true that state and local governments are the biggest single source of jobs and the whole economy collectively. so if you are going to keep cutting state and local government of course you're not going to get out of the jobs crisis. so we need to support them. we need to invest in traditional infrastructure and i'm going to focus on this a little bit...
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also of educated women, something like 40% of educated aspirational women have children at the age of 40. which is pretty germanic. we had to attachment parenting in the last decade, where women are encouraged to be very, very close to their children. interestingly, even studies done about women who want their educated to the idea that you would drop out if you out if he thought offramp as sylvia has put it, it's eco-offerings in your job in your 30s for five years to have children in the home at the, you will get back on where you left off and you will pay in all kinds of ways. women are still choosing to do that. the majority of women are still choosing a non-in your path and taking some time now. a great encouragement is to stay to our become a mantra for newer or you can work from home. >> not everybody has that skill set. >> that's true. >> i think they've forgotten we had a war i won't even call it it -- within and between women who made different choices. i have to say we better not glorify this. there is a real nastiness going on between the women who had jobs, who felt themse
also of educated women, something like 40% of educated aspirational women have children at the age of 40. which is pretty germanic. we had to attachment parenting in the last decade, where women are encouraged to be very, very close to their children. interestingly, even studies done about women who want their educated to the idea that you would drop out if you out if he thought offramp as sylvia has put it, it's eco-offerings in your job in your 30s for five years to have children in the home...
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stanford was the son chosen by his parents to get the better education. he's sent to small boarding schools in upstate new york, his brothers quit school after seventh grade. leland stanford goes on to apprentice as a lawyer in albany, and he becomes an attorney at age 24, and he decides to join the western move. he goes to wisconsin, becomes a small town lawyer in a town on the shore of lake michigan in wisconsin. he thinks it's going the boom like chicago has boomed. and he's mistaken. this town doesn't boom. he comes pack to albany -- back to albany, he marries a woman called jane lathrop who's the daughter of an accountant, and he's marrying up, in fact. and they return to this wisconsin town, and they're bored. two years pass, stanford's brothers, meanwhile, have all gone to california. the year is 1850. they've all gone to california. they all started digging for gold, and suddenly his brothers realize very quickly that the way to make a secure living was not to dig for gold and lose your shirt, but to sell things to the guys who dig for gold. so th
stanford was the son chosen by his parents to get the better education. he's sent to small boarding schools in upstate new york, his brothers quit school after seventh grade. leland stanford goes on to apprentice as a lawyer in albany, and he becomes an attorney at age 24, and he decides to join the western move. he goes to wisconsin, becomes a small town lawyer in a town on the shore of lake michigan in wisconsin. he thinks it's going the boom like chicago has boomed. and he's mistaken. this...
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debt to pay for education. i can think of a few more but i'll just end with. one is the end of the death penalty. i like to think my children when they are older and think how barbaric it was in the year 2013 or so say to penalty, although it's true fewer and fewer states today still have the death penalty. one that often comes up when i asked this question, some people wonder whether there will be, whether we'll still have automobiles. whether there'll be any any forms of public transportation as both a condition of the wafers changing cities, but changing the the problems of global warming. so all of these things than many others are today considered radical ideas outside the box that are considered many people would say an impractical idea that's about to get happening. that's a chain items and florence kelley and john lewis and a beauty beach boys and lots of people in my book faced when they have these ideas including victor berger on nature district to security and old-age insurance. they thought they wer
debt to pay for education. i can think of a few more but i'll just end with. one is the end of the death penalty. i like to think my children when they are older and think how barbaric it was in the year 2013 or so say to penalty, although it's true fewer and fewer states today still have the death penalty. one that often comes up when i asked this question, some people wonder whether there will be, whether we'll still have automobiles. whether there'll be any any forms of public transportation...
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public schools chancellor writes about education reform in her book, "radical: fighting to put students first." that's next on c-span2's booktv. >> up next on booktv, alec foege talks about the contributions made to our society by modern-day ben franklins and thomas edisons. this is about an hour, 15 minutes. [applause] >> well, i hope i can live up to the introduction. [laughter] first, i want to say it's a real privilege to give a talk on my book at the westport library because the westport library has been a real innovator in terms of bringing tinkering and the maker culture into the library setting. so it was just sort of a coincidence that brought us together, but it's worked out really great, and thanks to bill derry for helping make this all happen. um, as he mentioned in his introduction, um, you know, my book is a lot -- it's partially about what's going on in tinkering right now in the contemporary world, but it also touches on history. but more specifically, it talks about what the ideas behind being a tinkerer are and what is the mindset of a tinkerer. so we should start tal
public schools chancellor writes about education reform in her book, "radical: fighting to put students first." that's next on c-span2's booktv. >> up next on booktv, alec foege talks about the contributions made to our society by modern-day ben franklins and thomas edisons. this is about an hour, 15 minutes. [applause] >> well, i hope i can live up to the introduction. [laughter] first, i want to say it's a real privilege to give a talk on my book at the westport library...
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so we have records of benjamin franklin educating himself and reading one of the rulings that says it was legal. he wrote on the margins of this all kinds of sarcastic comments against the whole british system of government. so his solution was that judges and british naval officers and even the king should be liable to that. that was his solution. almost at the exact same time, george iii was reviewing the same legal decisions and came under completely opposite conclusions. he decided that it was legal. that the service should be commended when he needed them. and this is a case of difference in style and substance as well. and making up his own solutions. george three very diligently had recorded as legal ruling in his own hand line by line. he reached the conclusion that he was happy with. there's a lot of lessons that we could take from how it works during the 18th century. part of the book, britain found itself in a compromising position. in order to establish and continue to world dominance that it had, in essence it had to violate some of its own principles. the british dissoci
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and we talk about education these days. and whether we are teaching our kids the right things, a lot of people wonder how can we get some of that spirit back into the schools. but it's not about teaching them how to do this. i think most kids know how to do this if you give them something to play around with and able do so and try to figure out how it works. seeing what they can make out of them. i think that we have become a culture in a lot of ways and we sometimes forget that. teachers teach the test because they are under pressure to show higher scores for their districts. but i do not think that we really need to teach kids how to do this. we need to make sure that we don't squash their spirit to early. my book begins with my own tinkering experience, if you will. that is one i've sat on my blackberry. i was getting into the car and i realized pretty quickly that i had damaged the screen and the phone was still working but i couldn't read anything on the screen. so i took it to the local phone store thinking that they
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makes it very hard for schools to develop, vibrant arts programs and music programs to kind of have the educational offerings that reach an appeal to the diversity of kids who are out there. .. >> or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> well, george washington enjoyed a long 50-year relationship with al sand alexandria. we like to say this is george washington's hometown. >> this gives our visitors a great picture of what the interior of a civil war fort would have leaked like. >> did you know alexandria was part of the original district of columbia? >> welcome to alexandria, virginia, on booktv. with the help of our cable partners, for the next hour we'll take you to this town on the potomac river just a couple of miles south of washington d.c. join us as we explore its rich and varied history through the works of local authors beginning with a look at some of the city's hidden stories from the past. >> book is "hidden history of al alexandria d.c.," and the last part of that title is very important because it's not about alexandria, virginia, or it's about a period in history when the district of c
makes it very hard for schools to develop, vibrant arts programs and music programs to kind of have the educational offerings that reach an appeal to the diversity of kids who are out there. .. >> or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> well, george washington enjoyed a long 50-year relationship with al sand alexandria. we like to say this is george washington's hometown. >> this gives our visitors a great picture of what the interior of a civil war fort would have leaked like....
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those who work, they're putting in the sweat and equity in right now to get the education, and i think they are generally more serious students, and they demand for of -- more of us in the classroom. >> host: in the book, "how to succeed in college," you have a chapter, a sub chapter called "the liberal ivory tower," can a conservative student -- can a student who is conservative be successful at a harvard, at an american, at a u penn? >> guest: absolutely. take that term, it's in the book to dispel the myth. they are not unfriendly to conservatives. what we're after here at the university is if i'm doing any job right, any student who comes in here is going to have his preexisting views challenged whether they are liberal or conservatives. those kids are going to be challenged to think about what they really believe in, to take in the information we're offering, and to leave with their own view of the world. now, if i do my job right, that's what is happening, and that ought to be both exciting and probably, to some extent, frightening, to students no matter what their view because we
those who work, they're putting in the sweat and equity in right now to get the education, and i think they are generally more serious students, and they demand for of -- more of us in the classroom. >> host: in the book, "how to succeed in college," you have a chapter, a sub chapter called "the liberal ivory tower," can a conservative student -- can a student who is conservative be successful at a harvard, at an american, at a u penn? >> guest: absolutely. take...
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and what we have to do is educate americans to the intimidation factor that's going on and expose this stuff so that the governments on the state level and the national level -- national right to work would be great to have -- understand what's going on, you know, both parties, and they come together and protect the rights of everyday americans, not people that are giving them money to get reelected. >> so we can see that when we have a laboratory of 50 different states, we can see that the right-to-work states are doing better than the others, so we can see that this kind of legislation that you're talking about is extremely effective. we can also observe that americans are moving from forced unionization states to right-to-work states because americans are most concerned with having jobs and with economic growth. steve moore has documented in this in his series of books called "rich states/poor states." we saw it in the last census where right-to-work states gained congressional seats lost from forced unionization states. so the process is going on, and we can observe it through data
and what we have to do is educate americans to the intimidation factor that's going on and expose this stuff so that the governments on the state level and the national level -- national right to work would be great to have -- understand what's going on, you know, both parties, and they come together and protect the rights of everyday americans, not people that are giving them money to get reelected. >> so we can see that when we have a laboratory of 50 different states, we can see that...
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we have records in the 1770s of benjamin franklin educated themselves and one of the ruling says that impressment weslaco and he rode on the margins of this ruling all kinds of sarcastic comment against the whole british system of government, which he decided that weslaco, then they showed it didn't really support liberty. .. on the margins of the ruling and making up his own solution. diligently she had recorded in his own hand line by line. lessons that we can take from the issue of a impressment and how it works during the 18th-century. i titled the book of the evil necessity because britain found itself in a compromise position. in order to establish and continue the world dominance that it had, in essence it had to violate one of its own principles. the british liberty and the 18th century, something that as americans we sometimes forget. so when they resorted to impressment, this system is so controversial. one of the primary idea is to read defined what's necessary for them and whether it is worth it. thomas mann and enormous or steam examine partisan politics in the u.s. gover
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board of education decision. when it was a crisis like little rock crisis, eisenhower did follow the law. he followed the constitution. he did what a five star general did. the hated this whole thing. anti-particularly didn't like adam clayton powell. he thought he was a demagogue. so i'm not sure what nixon's role in this, nixon was, you, nixon was very friendly with them because they kind of like each other. [inaudible] >> the issue was that he was actually influenced by advisers to him he won't be able to make a decisive decision not to include. so what i'm saying is that you feel as though nixon's personal politics towards african-americans during his administration were negatively affected by his advisors that surrounded him during that administration? >> i don't think the. you're talking presidents nixon, not vice president nixon spent but i'm talking about an event that happened during his vice presidential speeches are not aware of one or the other, i'm sorry. >> i think that richard nixon attitude toward
board of education decision. when it was a crisis like little rock crisis, eisenhower did follow the law. he followed the constitution. he did what a five star general did. the hated this whole thing. anti-particularly didn't like adam clayton powell. he thought he was a demagogue. so i'm not sure what nixon's role in this, nixon was, you, nixon was very friendly with them because they kind of like each other. [inaudible] >> the issue was that he was actually influenced by advisers to him...
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and so we have records from the early 1770s of benjamin franklin educating himself and reading one of the leading rulings that says impressment was legal, and he wrote on the margins of this ruling all kinds of sarcastic comments against really the whole british system of government which he decided that if this was legal, then it showed that it didn't really support liberty. and his solution was that if regular sailors could be impressed, then that means that judges should be impressed, british naval officers can be impressed, and even the king himself should be liable to impressment. that was franklin's solution. almost at the exact same time, george iii was reviewing the same legal decision and came at a completely opposite conclusion. he decided that it was perfectly legal, that the king should be able to command the service of his subjects when he needed them. and this was a case of difference in style and substance as well. whereas franklin had been creative in writing on the margins of the ruling and, you know, making up his own solution, george iii very diligently had recorded
and so we have records from the early 1770s of benjamin franklin educating himself and reading one of the leading rulings that says impressment was legal, and he wrote on the margins of this ruling all kinds of sarcastic comments against really the whole british system of government which he decided that if this was legal, then it showed that it didn't really support liberty. and his solution was that if regular sailors could be impressed, then that means that judges should be impressed,...
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so we have records of benjamin franklin educating himself and reading one of the leading rulings that said impressment was legal. he wrote on the margins of this ruling all kinds of sarcastic comments against the whole british system of government which she decided that if this was legal and showed that if they did not release support liberty. his solution was that if regular sailors could be impressed and that means that judges should be impressed, british naval officers can be impressed. even the king himself should be liable to imprisonment. that was franklin solution. almost at the exact same time the jurors the third was reviewing the same legal decision and came under the complete opposite conclusion. he decided that it was perfectly legal. that the king should be able to command your service as subjects when he needed them. this is the case a difference for style and substance. brad franken has been created in writing and the margin of the ruling in making of his own solution, george the third very diligently had recorded the legal ruling in his own hand line by line by line. a
so we have records of benjamin franklin educating himself and reading one of the leading rulings that said impressment was legal. he wrote on the margins of this ruling all kinds of sarcastic comments against the whole british system of government which she decided that if this was legal and showed that if they did not release support liberty. his solution was that if regular sailors could be impressed and that means that judges should be impressed, british naval officers can be impressed. even...
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board of education decision. he thought it was terribly disruptive to the society, and he -- when something, when there was a crisis such as the little rock crisis, eisenhower did follow the law, he followed the constitution. and he said -- he did what a five-star general did, he said overwhelming force, but he hated, he hated whole thing. and he particularly didn't like adam clayton powell who he thought was a demagogue. so i'm not sure what nixon, what nixon's role in this. mix son was, you know, nixon was very friendly with por row because they actually kind of liked each other, and that was a personal thing. >> well, the issue was that he was actually influenced by advisers to him in order to be able to make a decisive decision not to include him. so what i'm saying is do you feel as though nixon's personal politics towards african-americans during his administration were negatively affected by advisers that surrounded him during that administration? >> i don't think so. i mean, you're talking about president
board of education decision. he thought it was terribly disruptive to the society, and he -- when something, when there was a crisis such as the little rock crisis, eisenhower did follow the law, he followed the constitution. and he said -- he did what a five-star general did, he said overwhelming force, but he hated, he hated whole thing. and he particularly didn't like adam clayton powell who he thought was a demagogue. so i'm not sure what nixon, what nixon's role in this. mix son was, you...
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i you have any stake in education or education means anything to you personally, your kids, your family, the future of the country, they're pointing to many individuals, it's a must-read and i'd strongly recommend. so, in that note, please join in the thanking michelle rhee. [applause] >> up next, after words with guest host jamie weinstein. this week, kim ghattas and her book: the secretary, a journey with hillary clinton from beirut to the heart of american power." she conditions miss clinton's role, and whether u.s. power is in decline. the program is about an hour. >> where we should begin is to talk about your biography. i think as much as this book is about hillary clinton and her time as secretary of state, it's also about your experience from beirut to covering the secretary of state around the world. so, why don't you just begin by talking about where you came from. >> guest: great. thank you very much for having me. i'm delighted to be here and delighted by your first question. the star, the biggest star in the book is hillary clinton herself. but this isn't just a biography o
i you have any stake in education or education means anything to you personally, your kids, your family, the future of the country, they're pointing to many individuals, it's a must-read and i'd strongly recommend. so, in that note, please join in the thanking michelle rhee. [applause] >> up next, after words with guest host jamie weinstein. this week, kim ghattas and her book: the secretary, a journey with hillary clinton from beirut to the heart of american power." she conditions...
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we know it's hard to educate kids. we've had sort of flatline educational system in this country for 50 years. we know it's hard to better health outcomes. a lot of ideas sound good, a lot of ideas are inspiring but actually don't move the needle. until we sort of take the hard drink and realize that things that sound that often don't actually help, and we really need to investigate and put the best resources into testing, whether it's randomized control on trials or not, i don't think we're going to get to where we need to be. so i start with the notion of let's rate -- raise the evidentiary baby cannot be as high, but should be pretty high. >> host: you go through describing nurse family partnership, and in fact, in that case, to the credit of the leadership, when they were asked to take their model, which they have proven through randomized control trials to other places, they were insistent debut more trials bear to make sure that the mob in the culture, in the geography and the circumstance with it. so if anything
we know it's hard to educate kids. we've had sort of flatline educational system in this country for 50 years. we know it's hard to better health outcomes. a lot of ideas sound good, a lot of ideas are inspiring but actually don't move the needle. until we sort of take the hard drink and realize that things that sound that often don't actually help, and we really need to investigate and put the best resources into testing, whether it's randomized control on trials or not, i don't think we're...